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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the conversation between Kazu and Kyoko, what is Kiyoshi doing?
(a) Watching the ghost uneasily.
(b) Staring at his notebook.
(c) Dozing over a novel.
(d) Trying to get Kazu's attention.

2. What language does Miki use a few words from when she comes into the café?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Gaelic.

3. When he is in the past, what sound startles Yukio just as he is beginning to relax and feel sleepy?
(a) The antique clocks chiming.
(b) His phone's ringtone.
(c) An alarm beeping.
(d) The bell on the café door.

4. What lie does Gohtaro tell Shuichi about his reason for coming into the past?
(a) He claims that Haruka wanted to be sure her birth father knew about her wedding.
(b) He claims that future-Shuichi asked him to do it.
(c) He claims that he simply wanted advice from an old friend.
(d) He claims that he was curious to try traveling through time.

5. What kind of drawing does Kazu specialize in?
(a) Abstract Expressionist.
(b) Surrealistic.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Hyperrealistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what modern kind of text does the narrator explore the use of onomatopoeia and mimetic language?

2. Besides a love of insects, what does the narrator say links Japanese culture to the other culture discussed in the opening of "Mother and Son"?

3. How does Kyoko react to Nagare's suggestion about a present for Kiyoshi's wife?

4. What is the title of the book that the woman in the white dress used to read?

5. What can the reader infer from the conversation between Nagare and the woman who seems to be the girl's mother?

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